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CVE-2016-4567GHSA-277W-QPXR-2549

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in flash/FlashMediaElement.as in MediaElement.js before 2.21.0, as used in WordPress before 4.5.2,

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 2.11.1, 2.21.1, 3.5.15
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in flash/FlashMediaElement.as in MediaElement.js before 2.21.0, as used in WordPress before 4.5.2, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an obfuscated form of the jsinitfunction parameter, as demonstrated by "jsinitfunctio%gn."

Timeline

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Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

  • mediaelementnpm

    fixed in 2.11.1

  • contao-components/mediaelementPackagist

    From 2.14.2 · fixed in 2.21.1

  • contao/corePackagist

    From 3.0.0 · fixed in 3.5.15

References 9

GitHub · johndyer/mediaelement

openwall.com

codex.wordpress.org

securitytracker.com

gist.github.com

wpvulndb.com

wordpress.org

core.trac.wordpress.org